Presented by: Sheila Hoetger David Mitchell. Quick Definition Sharing Communicating User Driven...

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Web 2.0

What is it? – Voice Over Internet Protocol Uses How to get it? www.skype.com Examples Handout – Getting Started on Skype

Twitter is a micro-blogging site in which you can post articles comprised of 140 characters or fewer.

Twitter is a connectivity tool that acts like a giant conversation. You can read what others are saying, and they can read what you are saying.

Best Explained - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o

Getting Started on Twitter

A Twitter account is free. It is easy to start, and only takes a couple of minutes. Start Your Twitter Account here.

A ‘tweet’ is a post. Any time you post a new thought, idea, announcement or link, it is referred to as a ‘tweet’.

To monitor what someone is writing, you ‘follow’ them. When you follow someone, their posts appear in your Twitter feed on your Home Page.

Twitter Uses?

Uses Personal vs. Professional Who twitters? Why Twitter?

Who is on Twitter? Link here

Blogs

A blog (weblog) is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material.

Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order.

Now becoming a verb – blogging Best explained - http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI

Examples?

RSS Feeds

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a family of web feeds use to publish works such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, video, etc.

Best explained - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU

Examples Google Reader Pageflakes

Questions?

Wiki (website) - http://tech-4-educators.wikispaces.com/

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